Homelessness is the top 1 social issue in Monterey

Dahlia 2022-06-17 12:06:42

The movie “the public “touches me.”It is about the homeless taking over a public library as the emergency shelter in the freezing winter in Cincinnati.The protagonist quotes a sentence from well-known writer John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath to express that anger is the voice of the most vulnerable.what a coincidence it is—Homelessness nowadays is the top one social issue on this land where John Steinbeck was born.And the scenario occurred at the end of the movie reminds me many documentaries regarding demanding political rights and advocacy,you have to believe its power—you will find out what it is.

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The Public quotes

  • Josh Davis: Stuart Goodson... What is it with this guy? He seems hell bent on ruining my week!

    Anderson: He thinks he's saving people's lives by keeping them out of the cold.

    Josh Davis: Well, we have shelters in place for that!

    Ernesto Ramirez: Well, apparently not enough of them!

    Josh Davis: So that's what this is all about? It's some sort of exercise in civil disobedience?

  • Anderson: I'm not in a position to declare our library an emergency shelter.

    Stuart Goodson: People are freezing to death in our own city! How can you be okay with that?

    Anderson: Woah, hey! I'm not! I'm not okay with it.

    Stuart Goodson: Okay, you could call the mayor's office, call the mayor's office right now!

    Anderson: Mr. Goodson... Stuart. Listen. The board trustees want you gone. That's what's going on. I'm trying, but I'm having a difficult time making a case for you to stay here. So no, the library will not be an emergency shelter tonight, tomorrow, not ever.

    Stuart Goodson: ...They wanna fire me?

    Anderson: They'd prefer if you tendered your resignation.

    Stuart Goodson: I was following library protocol... they wanna fire me for doing my job?

    Anderson: I'm sorry. It's out of my control.

    [Walks away from Stuart]

    Stuart Goodson: Out of your control? You have no idea how much shit is about to get out of your control, sir!

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